Fort McHenry

Overview

The Battle of Baltimore took place between British and American forces on September 12–14, 1814, during the War of 1812. Defending American forces repulsed sea and land invasions off the busy major port city of Baltimore, Maryland, by British forces preventing the United States' third largest city at the time from falling to British forces and ending the British Chesapeake campaign.

Overview adapted from Wikipedia, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.

Significance

Baltimore held after Washington burned

Forces & casualties

Commanders (6)